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... argument begins with an historical contrast between the nature of society in England before and after the widespread impact of technology we call the Industrial Revolution . For him the most important feature of this revolution was the ...
... argument begins with an historical contrast between the nature of society in England before and after the widespread impact of technology we call the Industrial Revolution . For him the most important feature of this revolution was the ...
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... argument against the artificial segre- gation of literary works into the category of the ' aesthetic ' . In Marxism and Literature he calls for a new ' sociology of culture ' which would merge work on the economics of publishing and the ...
... argument against the artificial segre- gation of literary works into the category of the ' aesthetic ' . In Marxism and Literature he calls for a new ' sociology of culture ' which would merge work on the economics of publishing and the ...
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... argument that carried the day in Parliament was that libraries offered a road to working - class self - improvement which was an insurance against the attrac- tions of movements like Chartism . ) However , few special rates were ...
... argument that carried the day in Parliament was that libraries offered a road to working - class self - improvement which was an insurance against the attrac- tions of movements like Chartism . ) However , few special rates were ...
Contents
Theoretical Approaches | 21 |
Defoe and Richardson | 59 |
Varieties of Conservative | 87 |
Copyright | |
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The Framework of Fiction: Socio-cultural Approaches to the Novel John Bull No preview available - 1988 |
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